[Samalia]

John Keats (1795-1821)

2011-03-27T14:47:00.000-07:00

Ode to a Nightingale

My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains
My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk,
Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains
One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk:
'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot,
But being too happy in thine happiness,--
That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees
In some melodious plot
Of beechen green, and shadows numberless,
Singest of summer in full-throated ease.

O, for a draught of vintage! that hath been
Cool'd a long age in the deep-delved earth,
Tasting of Flora and the country green,
Dance, and Provençal song, and sunburnt mirth!
O for a beaker full of the warm South,
Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene,
With beaded bubbles winking at the brim,
And purple-stained mouth;
That I might drink, and leave the world unseen,
And with thee fade away into the forest dim:

Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget
What thou among the leaves hast never known,
The weariness, the fever, and the fret
Here, where men sit and hear each other groan;
Where palsy shakes a few, sad, last gray hairs,
Where youth grows pale, and spectre-thin, and dies;
Where but to think is to be full of sorrow
And leaden-eyed despairs,
Where Beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes,
Or new Love pine at them beyond to-morrow.

Away! away! for I will fly to thee,
Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards,
But on the viewless wings of Poesy,
Though the dull brain perplexes and retards:
Already with thee! tender is the night,
And haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne,
Cluster'd around by all her starry Fays;
But here there is no light,
Save what from heaven is with the breezes blown
Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways.

I cannot see what flowers are at my feet,
Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs,
But, in embalmed darkness, guess each sweet
Wherewith the seasonable month endows
The grass, the thicket, and the fruit-tree wild;
White hawthorn, and the pastoral eglantine;
Fast fading violets cover'd up in leaves;
And mid-May's eldest child,
The coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine,
The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves.

Darkling I listen; and, for many a time
I have been half in love with easeful Death,
Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme,
To take into the air my quiet breath;
Now more than ever seems it rich to die,
To cease upon the midnight with no pain,
While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad
In such an ecstasy!
Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain--
To thy high requiem become a sod.

Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!
No hungry generations tread thee down;
The voice I hear this passing night was heard
In ancient days by emperor and clown:
Perhaps the self-same song that found a path
Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home,
She stood in tears amid the alien corn;
The same that oft-times hath
Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam
Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.

Forlorn! the very word is like a bell
To toll me back from thee to my sole self!
Adieu! the fancy cannot cheat so well
As she is fam'd to do, deceiving elf.
Adieu! adieu! thy plaintive anthem fades
Past the near meadows, over the still stream,
Up the hill-side; and now 'tis buried deep
In the next valley-glades:
Was it a vision, or a waking dream?
Fled is that music:--Do I wake or sleep?

MAMET

2010-03-23T20:58:00.000-07:00

Moss No. What do you mean? Have I talked to him about this [Pause]
Aaronow Yes. I mean are you actually talking about this, or are we just...
Moss No, we're just...
Aaronow We're just "talking" about it.
Moss We're just speaking about it. [Pause] As an idea.
Aaronow As an idea.
Moss Yes.
Aaronow We're not actually talking about it.
Moss No.
Aaronow Talking about it as a...
Moss No.
Aaronow As a robbery.
Moss As a "robbery"? No.

DECADEnt

2010-01-14T03:42:00.000-08:00

My ten best of the decade:

1] Brokeback Mountain 8x

2] Atonement 5x

3] The Hours 5x

4] The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 7x

5] Lost in Translation 5x

6] 2046 6x

7] Walk the Line 5x

8] The Reader 3x

9] Pride & Prejudice 4x

10] Marie Antoinette 2x

FEATHER

2009-12-19T10:12:00.000-08:00

RAIN

2009-12-17T12:24:00.000-08:00

MOOD

2009-12-15T10:43:00.000-08:00

SMOKE

2009-12-13T09:05:00.000-08:00

FOREST

2009-12-11T10:18:00.000-08:00

NATURE

2009-12-09T01:18:00.000-08:00

These fashion illustrations are inspired by nature beauty: fresh flowers, freely soaring birds and breezy wind. The tagline was "Free the nature, dress like flower".

ATONEMENT

2009-12-07T00:27:00.000-08:00

This photo session was inspired by the dark side of 18th century. I designed the dress, used on the model, while listening to the Dario Marianelli's lilting score for a beautiful, heart-breaking movie 'Atonement' by Joe Wright. The task was to replicate the look I created before aka "VICTORIAN".

VICTORIAN

2009-12-05T10:05:00.000-08:00

These art sketches were inspired by the Victorian period. The garments were never meant to be created. I conceived them as Victorian/Future outfits. Big wigs, my favorite part of any look, were inspired by Marie Antoinette's period.

FLOWERS

2009-12-03T01:35:00.000-08:00

These are the art sketches for Antoinette collection. For the main theme I used fresh flowers. For the make-up I wanted to add something Gothic to make them look more sophisticated. As you can see the blue dress, turned out to be purple aka "MASQUERADE".

CANDY

2009-12-02T06:58:00.000-08:00

FOLDS

2009-11-30T12:03:00.000-08:00

ROSES

2009-11-29T13:23:00.000-08:00

In this model I used lots of flowers once again. I adore delicate and soft rose color. I wish I could wear this color all my life.

MASQUERADE

2009-11-29T13:12:00.000-08:00

I know, that Marie Antoinette could never wear purple color, which was the favorite color of King Louis XV's mistress Madame de Pompadour. But I simply couldn't abandon this captivating mysterious color, which diluted the collection, bringing the mood of celebration and carnival.

CAKE!

2009-11-29T13:08:00.001-08:00

Marie Antoinette's famous phrase "Let them eat cake!" is ahead of its author in popularity. Although historians refuse the veracity of this phrase, one thing is certain: Marie Antoinette loved cakes. Pink, peach, almond, they are an indispensable element of a dinner table. Incredible lightness, airiness and delicacy served as an inspiration to create dresses. Flowing folds of delicate pastel shades unwittingly remind us of cakes. In combination with white accessories, resembling whipped cream, this dress looks particularly appetizing.

PANIER

2009-11-29T12:36:00.000-08:00

This wedding dress was inspired by very popular rococo trend - volume skirts. Production of this skirt took 104 hand-made flowers, 8 meters of silk and about 150 hours of hardworking. With my obsession to accuracy production took much longer, than it could require. So, not to lose the precious time during production, I was listening to audiobooks of Virginia Woolf.

ANTOINETTE

2009-11-29T11:29:00.001-08:00

I've decided to start my blog by posting my last collection, based on a historical costume of Marie Antoinette. For inspiration I used Antoinette's passion for flowers, pastel colors and cakes!